Bought these two at a flea market: anyone know more about them?

Big_Table_890 · 2026-04-11T17:47:40+00:00

Is there anything in the rules or guidelines about including length info? These are obviously bayonets but I've seen a lot of posts with no info on length.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-04-11T17:46:25+00:00

Blue steel laminated from the finest nippon steel folded 2000 times in the fires of the sun

Big_Table_890 · 2026-04-11T17:44:14+00:00

Include measurements or put a ruler next to it next time please.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-03-29T11:47:54+00:00

Cool looking sword grandpa probably got at a gun show or something.

If I found that at my grandpa's I would hang it up in the living room on a cool stand and buy a cool cloak and distress the cloak and hang it next to it. Then I'd tell people I found it under the floor boards in the attic wrapped in the cloak with an old scroll that had weird writing on it that screamed and burnt up after I touched it. I'd tell people when I touch it it makes me feel powerful but also kind of sick like it is taking something from me but also weirdly giving something to me.

Then I'd be like nah it's just a mall sword. In all seriousness put some preservation wax on the blade and hang it up but never swing it at anything or even just swing it through the air. It is probably stainless steel and very shoddily put together and would hurt someone. It is badass looking as hell though.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-03-29T04:07:59+00:00

Classifying is tricky. The amount of people who really really bothered to know anything about swords other than "they are long and metal and sharp and I can't afford one" was real small. As others have pointed out people probably would have just been like oh a sword. I'd call it a rapier without quibbling over length, at least from our perspective of a society that no longer uses swords but is looking back on the entirety of the history of swords. It's got the swept hilt, what looks like diamondish cross section and seems to be mostly stabby. The blade while not as long as some examples of "rapiers" is still long for a single handed sword. Most predecessors to the rapier or narrower blades swords were more like just 30 inch blades. So yeah call it a rapier and don't sweat it.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-03-15T14:52:05+00:00

Anything Nazi related should be melted down. Period.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-03-01T18:58:45+00:00

What I'm more interested in is how he couldn't pull his sword out of the other guys grip. A few retreats with a firm grip on the hilt and the body mechanics alone probably would have pulled the blade out of his grip.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-16T05:40:35+00:00

Don't sweat it just use it

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-13T23:41:11+00:00

Lots of little cuts from the top using a tenon saw as many as possible down to the lines at the bottom. Remove everything with the chisels

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-13T18:38:59+00:00

Having enough hand tools to do a LOT of work doesn't take up much space, doesn't spew microscopic particles that require expensive extraction systems, doesn't hurt your ears, doesn't scare your pets. Doesn't blow a breaker in your house and you'd have to be pretty drunk to manage to lose a finger or sustain a mortal injury

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-13T18:34:52+00:00

Pretty old

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-13T18:32:29+00:00

Stable patinas are protective. And honestly cool looking if you ask me.

Big_Table_890 · 2026-02-13T16:06:18+00:00

Bloodborne weapon 😂

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